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Articles in February, 2008 issue of Writing!

• Create your own soundtrack: writing songs is like writing poetry-except it's different.
  by Keedle, Jayne
• I love it! I hate it! Everyone has opinions about music; critics are paid to put theirs in writing.(behind the words)(Interview)
  by Keedle, Jayne
• The hidden music of writing: language is a song we sing, but can the written word convey the tune?
• Love, in letters: I wrote my first love letter when I was 5. Dear Mom, it went, you are my bast freind.(power of the pen)
  by Frank, Steven
• Comprehension: understanding a poem.
• Using clues: a matter of context.
• Identifying the main idea: what's the point?
• Writing about music--(and the Music of Writing).
• Robert Frost's Birthday.(Calendar Connection)
• Don't run on and on!
• Coining words.(wordplay)
  by Garg, Anu
• Invent your own.(wordplay)
• Dig up the roots.(Word Tip)
• From little eggcorns: sometimes wrong is righter than right.(grammar slammer)
  by Bakowski, Barbara
• The Times They Are A-Changin'.(Lyrics: Today and Yesterday)
• Waiting on the World to Change.(Lyrics: Today and Yesterday)
• Vocabulary Workout.
• 1,000 words.
• Spiderwick on screen.(write stuff)
• Autographs from afar.(LongPen[TM]: writing around the world[TM])
• Mark your calendar: February/March.(Calendar)
• Movie matchup.
• Making distinctions: cause and effect.
• Predicting outcomes: how does the story end?
• Making distinctions: recognizing fact and opinion.